A Common Reader: Bear

Friday, January 13, 2012

Bear

4 comments:

Fred said...: ?????

I'm rather dense this day, so I'm not connecting here at all.; January 13, 2012 at 6:36 PM
Dwight said...: Fred, don't worry. It's the title page of Bear: The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama's Coach Bryant by Paul W. (Bear) Bryant and John Underwood. My mom stood in line (with a cold) to have him sign it. I just unearthed it the other evening and wanted to scan this page.; January 14, 2012 at 9:01 AM
Fred said...: Dwight,

OK, thanks. I was wondering if I was being denser than usual.

"Bear" Bryant, I haven't heard that name in ages.; January 15, 2012 at 11:11 AM
Dwight said...: While at Alabama I was in a service organization and every few weeks I had to meet and get checks signed by an old classmate of Bryant. I heard some nice tales that, for some reason, didn't make the book.

Most were mild, but even so they opened a window on a long-past world...such as ferries across the Mississippi River (mid-'30s), with plenty of gambling available when the boat left the dock.; January 15, 2012 at 12:08 PM

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